Williams Denies Anti Bryan Plot Urges Unity and Fundamentals
John Sharp Williams of Mississippi denies anti Bryan moves and calls for Democratic unity. He favors Nebraskan for president if government ownership of railroads is defeated and urges the convention to focus on core issues like trust destruction and anti corruption while opposing factional fights. He stresses that he will support Bryan on policy while seeking party harmony.
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Showlo
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
House
New York
Williams
Washington
Willams
Bryan
Hrgan
David R Francis
Missouri
John Sharp Willams II
Williams Jenning Bryan
Democratic Party
Bran
Money Lent by Francis Ties Bailey to Pierce
In a report from El Paso and Bustis Texas the former Missouri senator Francis says he lent money to Bailey to help him buy land. He calls it a plain business transaction and says Bailey is a friend. The Texas legislature delayed action on a resolution to investigate charges against Gailey and Davidson.
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TU Paso
Tex
Ger
D R Francis
Missouri
Mexico
Texas
WC Pierce
Bailey
Waters Place Company
Alley
Rule Excludes Lobbyists From Illinois House Floor
Speaker Shurliei announced a new rule barring lobbyists from the floor during the current session. Only members, junior members, Congressmen, and others privileged by the rules may be present, drawing applause from Republicans and Democrats alike.
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Illinois House
Springfell
Shurliei
Jinor
Wold
Nic
Vote to Thank Foraker and Afro American Council Officers
Sub committees of the Afro American Council met at Galbraith M E Church South to aid negros in court interests and raise 100 dollars. They passed a vote of thanks to Senator Foraker and elected Rev S L Carruthers president George W Lee vice president Prat Kelley Miller secretary Dr W E Lampton treasurer Dr Jno R Francis corresponding secretary. Amias meeting was held in the church with Bishop A Grant Thomas Fortune and others speaking on general topics.
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National Committee of the
Afro-American Council
Galbraith M. E. Church South
Senator Foraker
S L. Carruthers
George W. Lee
Prat Kelley Miller
W E Lampton
Statter Expected to Succeed Hitchcock at Treasury
Charles H. Keap retires February 1 to become New York bank commissioner. President likely to appoint Arthur F. Statter of Watla Was as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Shaw recommends him. Hitchcock poised to appoint once Cortelyon assumes treasury head. Statter, about thirty, has served as private secretary to Senator Ankeny and to the Treasury secretary.
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Frank H. Hitchcock
George B. Cortelyon
Treasury
Statter
Senator Ankeny
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Judge Cranch Eulogized At DC Bar Association Talk
Justice Hagner, retired, delivered a biographical sketch of William Cranch at George Washington University, praising his fifty year role in District of Columbia courts. He cited Cranch’s habeas corpus decision in 1801 regarding Balmeanu and Swarter, arrested in New Orleans for treason, and the risk to American citizens if civil law jurisdiction was pursued.
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Bar Association of the
District of Columbia
George Washington University
Justice Hagner
Wiliam Cranch
Cranch
Erric Balmeaun
Swarter
New Orleans
Justice Cranch
ENGLISH ACTOR AND PLAY BRILLIANTLY PAYS OFF THE MIDDLEMAN
English actor E Willard stars in Henry Arthur Jones The Middleman at the National Theater as the third repertoire piece. Audience responds with hearty applause and lingering admiration for Willard and the strong supporting cast led by Cane Homewood and Alice Lennon. Patterson dies in Ontario. Hood’s Sarcparilla claims health benefits with advice and offers.
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Henry Arthur Jones
National Theater
Mr. E. Willard
Willard
Mrt
Wilard
Ins
Mr. Wollara
Mr Cane
Batty ‘Todd
Gaston
Columbia
Boers
Japanese Training Squadron Backs Off Pacific Coast Visit
Tokyo decides the training squadron will proceed no further than Honolulu due to anti Japanese agitation on the Pacific Coast. Congressmen Kahn and others say San Francisco would have welcomed the fleet, while embassy officials say Tokyo gave no official notice and fear of danger was not considered.
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Honoluku
Kahn Saya
San Francisco Bay
Tokyo
Pacific
Honolulu
California
Congress
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Kahn
Mr. Kahn
Bay of
Masanasa Hanihera
Viscount Aoki
United States
Hawthare
Japan's Military Budget Allocates New Army Divisions
Tokyo Jan 10 The 1907 8 budget details show army spending of 55 000 007 with four new divisions. Navy receives 40 000 000 including 5 300 000 to boost efficiency. Officials say reforms will restrain army expansion via reorganizing heavy field artillery quick firing batteries and cavalry.
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Tokyo
Navy
Trng
Courts bar Japanese to citizenship in El Paso
Japanese nationals in El Paso were told to delay holding US naturalization steps until Japan’s status is clarified. Officials say Circuit Courts have ruled Japanese cannot become citizens as they are not white or African, though Supreme Court hasn't ruled. Local authorities will not accept new declarations from Japanese under old or new naturalization laws until settled.
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el Paso
Tex
United States
Japan
Washington
Circuit Courts
Supreme Court of the
Circuit Court
Invitation to Roosevelt as Jamestown anniversary orator
A 4 member delegation from the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities will call on President Roosevelt Saturday morning to invite him to be the orator at Jamestown Island on May 13. The 400th anniversary of the English settlers landing will feature ceremonies directed by Bishop Randolph. A Staunton poet laureate and a Williamsburg choir are also planned.
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Jamestown
Norfolk
Association For the Preservation of Virginian Antiquities
Roosevelt
Jamestown Island
Randolph
Virginia
Armisted Gordon
Staunton Va
Williamsburg
Laurel Association Elects Officers Amid Election Row
Laurel Md January 10 The Laurel Improvement Association held its annual officer election selecting Randolph R Wayters as president with re election J W Winnercore as secretary George McGene as corresponding secretary John R Jones as treasurer Gustavus B Timam and William 2 T Gilbert elected as first vice president and vice president respectively An executive committee includes Mw Shaffer A Faure Page Brohmillar Charles H Stanley Edward Phelpe John A Plannery Dr TM Baldwin Walllar Hi Harrison Frank W Await Dr T Watty Byerly Robert H Williams John W Willame Stephen Gambrill and William A Polst
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Sprews
Struck by Falling Tree in Danville County
Danville Va Jan 10 F M Glidewen a prominent local farmer was fatally injured while cutting trees in a forest near his home. A limb struck him on the forehead and doctors fear a fractured skull.
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Spreial
Washington
Danville
F. M. Glidewen
White boy killed boarding freight train in Durham
Walter Lynn, twelve, was instantly killed this morning in Durham North Carolina after attempting to board a moving Seaboard freight train and being run over by the wheels.
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Charlotte, C
Walter Lynn
Durham
N.C
Tubercular Cows Deadly Warned By Agriculture Dept
Agriculture bulletin warns public of tuberculosis risk from cattle and dairy products. Report by Schroeder and Cotton from the experiment station shows tuberculous material from cattle highly virulent across mammalian species, including humans, and dairy use as a key transmission pathway.
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Department of Agriculture
C. Schroeder
W. H. Cotton
Bureau of Animal Industry
Messrs. Schroeder
Cotton
Buffalo conservation plan aims to shield remaining herds
The American Bison Society met at the Museum of Natural History to discuss saving about 2,000 buffalo in North America. They seek private funds to buy nearly all remaining animals and present them to the U.S. government, hoping for large protected lands in New York Adirondacks and other sites in Montana and Wyoming.
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New York
American Bison Society
Museum of Natural History
North America
United States
Canada
State of New York
Adirondack Mountains
Flat Head Indian Reservation
Montana
Crow Reservation
Wyoming
Morton J Elrod
University of Montana
Plat Head
Austin Corbin
Blue Mountain Forest Association
America
Croton Mountain
Newport
N. H
Carrie Nation Visits Saloon and Lectures Drunkard Drinkers
Carrie Nation entered a Pennsylvania Avenue saloon at noon with four large Bibles. She spoke to the men about the curse of drink, read verses, and warned that one drink makes nine men a drunkard. She remained about ten minutes and promised to return.
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Carrie Nation
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hanor
Defense counsel Hoover gathers evidence in Bradley murder case
George P. Hoover of Wells Hoover & Wells returned to Salt Lake City to collect testimony and documents for Mrs Annie Bradley’s murder trial. He spoke with individuals who recalled Senator Brown acknowledging Bradley’s two children and noted possible handwriting on Brown’s letterhead. Hoover refused to detail the defense strategy.
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Hoover
Salt Lake City
George P. Hoover
Wells, Hoover & Wells
Annie Bradley
Arthur Brown
Salt Lake
Utah
Luse
Brown
Bradley
Senator Brown
Jury finds MacAndrews & Forbes and J. & Young guilty in tobacco paste monopoly case
New York jury convicts MacAndrews & Forbes Company and the J. & Young Company on two counts for forming an illegal combination and monopolizing the licorice paste industry. Jungbluth and Howard H. Young are acquitted on all counts. Judge Hough to hear motion for arrest of judgment next Monday. Special Attorney General Taft calls the case the most important in years.
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New York
United States Circuit Court Today
Tobacco Trust
Hough
Karl Jungbluth
Howard ©. Young
MacAndrews & Forbes Company
J. & Young Company
Jungbluth & Young
J. §. Young Company
Howard H. Young
United States
Taft
Rau
Loving Sued for Limited Divorce by Wife Isabel Stoddard Loving
Mra Isabel Stoddard Loving wife of Lucas P Loving a noted young lawyer with offices in the Columbian Building and residing at 1708 F street NW yesterday filed for limited divorce and alimony in the District Supreme Court Chief Justice Clabaugh ordered Mr Loving to show cause by January 18 why alimony should not be granted They were married in New York January 7 194 and have an eight month old baby She accuses him of failing to support her though he earns 350 a month from his practice and of habitual drunkenness since marriage except for eight months when he was in treatment She says neglect of wife and business led to his leaving October 2 last.
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Isabel Stoddard Loving
Lucas P. Loving
Columbian Building
F Street
Clabaugh
District Supreme Court
Loving
New York
Tragedy on Elevate Road At Third Avenue Line
Crowded Third Avenue elevated station tragedy ends with William Newman killed after being dragged by a train gate. Carl Weber severely injured and hospitalized in critical condition. Conductor Brown jailed as homicide charge considered amid crowd outrage. Separate note: William Warry Johnson and Frances Olivia Birch wed at minister's home in Rockville.
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New York
Interborough Company
Third Avenue Line
William Newman
Parry Avenue
Lebanon
Carl Weber
Jerome Avenue
Crawd
Interborough
Brown
McDonald
Bronx
Washington Post
Rockville
William Warry Johnson
Washington
Frances Olivia Birch
Alexandria County
R. White
Virginian Killed at Montana Oil Plant Shaft Accident
Edawin E. Jack of Fredericksburg was killed in Billings Montana when his overalls became caught in a rapidly revolving shaft at a sugar factory. The oiler was torn by the machine after the garment was ripped from his body. He was working at the plant on January 10.
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Billings
Mont
Edawin E. Jack
Augar
Jack
Fredericksbura
Robbery Charge Held Over In Danville Court
In Danville Virginia on January 10, Pletcher Harris George Stevens and Ibert Adkins were held for the grand jury by the mayor's court on a robbery charge tied to the death of James M Thomas whose body was found January 2 near the city. Stevens testified and became the sole witness for the state.
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Danville
Pletcher Harris
George Stevens
Ibert Adkins
James M Thomas
Roanoke
Stevens
Why Sugar Cane Is Fired Near Cuba Revealed
Capt J A Ryan of the Fifteenth Cavalry reports on cane burning near Ranehuelo Santa Clara Province Cuba outlining motives such as higher wages faster harvest insurance money and political revenge. He notes guards patrol estates and that burned cane is sometimes ground to limit loss and protect profits.
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Ranehuelo
Santa Clara
Cuba
J. A. Ryan
Fifteenth Cavalry
Ryan
Insurance probes slow as Perkins seeks grand jury minutes
New York DA Jerome opposes George W. Perkins access to full grand jury minutes amid ongoing New York Life Insurance Company fraud cases. He cites public policy and pending arrests, with briefs due from both sides as six indictments stand and prosecutors weigh conspiracy and misrepresentation. Meanwhile a Washington association elects officers to support the Miles Manassas Industrial School. The President contemplates a Philadelphia Cotton Manufacturers meeting as Canada’s electricity export ban draws Taft’s attention to Niagara power distribution.
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New York
New York Life Insurance Company
Jerome
Delafield
George W. Perkins
Perkins
Reyburn Abandons Plan on Call for RNC Meeting
Senator Heyburn of Idaho withdraws a plan to circulate a petition urging a special Republican National Committee meeting to address the resignation of Postmaster General Cortelyou and to elect a successor. Senator Scott of West Virginia favored an election, but the effort ends amid schism and speculations about Cortelyou resuming chairmanship before the next convention.
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Heyburn
Idaho
Charman Harry S New
Indianapolis
Republican National Committee
Cortelyou
Scott
West Virginia
Corteiyou
Hague Meeting With Rosen Discusses Peace Conference Dates
Baron Rosen Russian Ambassador met with Secretary Root at the State Department for about an hour. He did not say whether he discussed fixing a date for a second Hague peace conference but noted he had read dispatches from Berlin and Washington. When asked about moving toward naming a date, he declined to express an opinion.
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Baron Rosen
State Department
Root
The
Hague
Berlin
Washington
Plan to truly consults. new consular appointment rules influence applicants
Discussion of changes to consular appointments aims to widen entry for young college men while limiting practical business ex perience. the State Department asks Congress to raise consular clerks from 13 to 25 percent, with apprenticeships before posting to key commercial towns. Also reports loss of 1800 Emerson Drug stock certificates in transit from Silver City Mexico to Baltimore, held by John W Brawner and Henry Waggamen.
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State Department
Congress
Silver City
Mexico
Emerson Drug Company
Baltimore
John W. Brawner
Brawner
Henry
Waeegamen
Waggamen
Chicago Canal Hearing Postponed Until Next Monday
Secretary wart postponed the hearing of Western representatives and Chicago business men on diverting part of Lake Michigan waters into the Calumet River to use it in the Chicago drainage canal for sewage disposal in Indiana and Illinois towns.
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Wart
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Calumet River
Chicago Drainage Canal
Indiane
Illinios
Shaw to Address Missourians at Waldorf Dinner
A Missouri Society of New York committee led by Walter Alexander William J Wollman and Burton Thompson secured Secretary Shaw as guest of honor for a dinner at the Waldorf Astoria on January 31. A notable company is expected in attendance.
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Missouri Society of the City of New York
Walter Alexander
William J. Wollman
Burton Thompson
Shaw
Waldorf-Astoria
The Delineator February Issue Promotes Domestic Arts
A promotional note highlights The Delineator's February issue featuring Mrs Macy and Drusilla Dobbs stories, guidance on fitting Empire gowns and mourning garb, and articles on infant feeding. It urges both men and women to read for household harmony and personal improvement.
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Ita
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Oscar Crosby
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Neo Hansel Nsaneyy
Susan Clege
Cleopatra
Lida Churchill
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Henry Hutt
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American ‘Academy of Medicine
United States Treasury
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